MID-SOUTH MEMORIES
25 Years Ago — 1995
LOS ANGELES – A year has now passed since Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were killed, an occasion to be marked today by candlelight vigils for the victims and more court testimony. But as the case enters its second sensational year, there is a growing sense that O.J. Simpson’s trial for the murders has become an exercise in futility, a dry run for a second trial that could be just as inconclusive. To many people, the proceedings in Judge Lance Ito’s courtroom seem endless, exasperating and meaningless. Even if Simpson’s trial cannot yield a verdict, the all-pervasive case and its myriad subplots have permeated the nation’s legal and social landscape as no other trial in recent times.
50 Years Ago — 1970
WKNO-TV will add 350,000 potential new viewers and have the capability of telecasting all of its programs in color by Jan. 1, station officials said yesterday. A $305,019 grant from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare will enable the educational television station (Channel 10) to increase its area coverage from a radius of 48 to 64 miles. 75 Years Ago — 1945
“He did more with less.” With these words, from an honor plaque presented to one-armed Pete Gray, idol of Memphis baseball fans, Edward F. Barry lauded the spirit of the handicapped workers of Goodwill Industries, at the “kickoff ” luncheon of the institution’s building-fund campaign. Speaking before campaign workers and civic leaders at the Gayoso yesterday, Mr. Barry compared the desire of the Goodwill Industries employees to carry on their trades despite physical handicaps with the determination of the former Chicks’ player to succeed in his chosen field in spite of the loss of an arm.
100 Years Ago — 1920
A suggestion in a health survey report by Dr. Paul Preble of the United States Public Health Service that Memphis build a filtration plant to convert Mississippi River waters for human consumption does not appeal with any degree of force to the average Memphian.
125 Years Ago — 1895
Ladies who wish to become members of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union are requested to meet at the residence of Mrs. St. John Waddell on Bellevue, three doors south of Poplar, at 3 p.m. Thursday.